Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellis Island lies off the tip of Manhattan , almost adjacent to the Statue of Liberty , and was known as the ‘ Gateway to Americas ’ — the land of fortune and freedom . |
| 2 | Cairns lives off the tourist potential of the rain forest , the barrier reef , and some strenuous activities such as bungy jumping which means throwing yourself off a tall cliff at the end of a elastic rope . |
| 3 | McDermott takes off the top of a zombie 's head with a shovel — done with a trick shovel by reversing the action , then using a dummy in long shot . |
| 4 | Rallying : Auriol flies off the track in Tuscany |
| 5 | The unresponsive hearer Satan carries off the word giving the person no chance to respond . |
| 6 | International : Michelin goes off the boil |
| 7 | Pritchitt 's distribution manager Robert Hamilton sees off the consignment of milk powder bound for Bosnia . |
| 8 | In the Sonnet just quoted , Britten breaks off the rhythm only near the end , with a few sustained chords , before taking it up again to come to a strong conclusion . |
| 9 | The blast furnace heat at Aswan jumps off the tarmac and hits us like a blow as I lead my group towards the terminal building . |
| 10 | Crilly turns off the telly and puts on a Billie Holiday record . |
| 11 | In August 1989 Greenpeace drew attention to the swordfish fishery in US waters off the New England coast . |
| 12 | Long and straggling , Long Riston stands off the main road from Hull to Bridlington . |
| 13 | Martin Ling is injured , so Fitzroy Simpson comes off the bench to play in midfield . |
| 14 | Mitch rips off the paper lantern in the flat which covers the light bulb . |
| 15 | This definition is clarified when Sadat turns off the road through an entrance discreet enough to admit the car with only a centimetre on either side . |
| 16 | Mrs Phyllis Lambert burns off the calories after enjoying lunch at Great Bentley Primary School . |
| 17 | Woodburn Junction box in 1988 as a football special returning to London comes off the truncated remains of the Woodhead line , now devoid of electrification . |
| 18 | ( Robyn kicks off the duvet and gets out of bed . |
| 19 | Sir Roy Strong stumbles off the block with his opening sentence ‘ The portrait was a child of the renaissance ’ , which seems to have forgotten about classical antiquity , but then sets off on a thought-provoking and terse survey of themes and ideas throughout the three centuries covered by the book . |